my C60L has come home...finally

[Darrin Wright]

On the weekend I cleaned up the carby, removed the main jet and idle screw, pulled the top off. Blew all the ports etc out with air and wiped out the residue of petrol.
I also removed the fuel pump and cleaned it up, made sure that the pumping action worked, so that meant that I did not have too split the two sections.
Blew out the fule lines to ensure there was no blockage.
When I put the truck together, it was easier to put the fuel pump on the engine and have it all together as a running assembly in an engine frame, this time round, with the cabin in the way it was a bugger. Also, I think the truck may have shrunk a little over time as it was a little tighter to fit between the front wheen and the chassis......

All together now, may use the Command Car as a slave start (it is 6V) if time permits over Christmas.

[Harry Moon]

I suggest hooking up a 12 volt battery to the starter in isolation from the 6 volt to the rest. Starter can handle it just don't keep cranking if it's not firing up.

[Darrin Wright]

Pulled the fuel tanks off today and started to rinse them out and clean them out.
I had the Right tank off and poured about 5-10 Lt of brown stale fuel out of it, also found the pick up was blocked and the sender frozen. So I have washed that tank out nearly 12 times with water and now have a fuel tank cleaner in it sitting overnight. Used wire to clean out the gunk in the pick up.

Pulled the left tank off and put a little water into it with the hose, tipped out a thick brown sludge. So that too has been washed/flushed about 12 times and is reasonably clean. It is drying out now.
I found a plastic 3Lt container and have rigged that up under the tray with a flexable rubber hose off the fuel line into the container, now filled with petrol.
Used the Jeep to wind the truck over to check all was ok and to get fuel up to the carby.
Got the fuel up but it would not start. Checked the obvious to see if/where I had spark. No spark.
Test light out and checked to see where I had power to.
I found that the main lead/king lead into the distributor was dirty/rusted in the cap, so a little emery paper and it was clean. Also good to pick a good clean earth point to check spark
Then the truck fired up, ran it for a few minutes on 12V.
Had to refill the radiator, pulled the 6V battery out of the Dodge and placed it into the Chev.
Started up and ran, so I took it for a drive around the yard, then placed it into the workshop with my dad and wife checking to see if it would clear the roller doors. While on the short drive the radiator leak turned into a gush and I was slightly covered in warm water.
I have 20mm clearance on the main door and 40mm clearance on the smaller door at the rear of the workshop.
At least it fits, so tonight it is parked up inside the workshop sleeping soundly with the rest of the herd.
Some pics attached.

[Darrin Wright]

I have been working on different parts of the truck, trying to fix things up.
I have fixed all the lights expect for the LH headlight (blown globe) as I cannot remember or figure out how the light comes apart.
I also checked the carby and fuel pump. Since getting it running with fresh petrol it has used a lot of petrol (like 3Lt per 10min of running). I eventually figured it out when the oil ran out of the dip stick tube. I drained 18 Lt of fuel/oil mixture out of the sump.
I have heard of this happening on other people. I had a small split in the diaphram which let petrol flow into the sump.
Also had the radiator out and repaired some leaks, rebuilt the water pump. Put a cleaning agent through the system and now have some more leaks. When I fix the fuel pum and get it running again, I will put a sealing powder throught it.
I now have the LHR wheel off checking the brakes as I thought I had a leaking wheel cylinder, turns out that the hub seal is weeping from sitting.

Must get back to the BGC